The United States of Walter Jackson is a gargantuan, efficient nation, notable for its state-planned economy, public floggings, and smutty television. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 17.055 billion Walter Jacksonians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 4.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Walter Jacksonian economy, worth a remarkable 3,516 trillion dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Furniture Restoration, Basket Weaving, and Uranium Mining. Average income is an amazing 206,209 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Excessive wheelchair ramps on government buildings have been compared to theme park attractions, the government blames all suspicious phenomena on flying saucers, popular cartoon characters frequently appear in government-sponsored PSAs reminding students to say no to drugs, and the big red machine has ground to a halt. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Walter Jackson's national animal is the Eagle, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Christian.

Walter Jackson is ranked 31,586^th in the world and 1,152^nd in The North Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 212.3 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.